Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,257 posts is dedicated to providing great information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Public Enemy
Ernest Anderson
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Ernest Anderson (1916-1997)
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(1896) John Hope, “We Are Struggling For Equality”
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(1884), Alexander Crummell, “Excellence, an End of the Trained Intellect”

Explore Global African History

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (15th century- )
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St. Benedict the Moor (1526-1589)
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N’Djamena, Chad (1900- )
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Marie-Joseph dite Angelique (1700-1734)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

U.S. Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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America’s Black Ambassadors: A Historical Snapshot
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Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”
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Loren Miller: Legal Crusader in the Long Struggle for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century
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The African American Experience in Italy, 1852 to 2013

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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